Ionel Bratianu : Romania /

Ionel Bratianu : Romania /

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Author / Creator:	Hitchins, Keith, 1931- author.
Imprint:	London : Haus Histories, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Makers of the modern world Makes of the modern world.
Subject:	Brătianu, Ion I. C., -- 1864-1927. Brătianu, Ion I. C., -- 1864-1927. Statesmen -- Romania. Statesmen. Romania. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11263485

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ISBN:	9781907822186 1907822186 9781905791767
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 7, 2016).
Summary:	Ionel Bratianu, a major political force both in and out of power, was responsible for his country's presence at the Paris Peace Conference Romania came to Paris as a minor member but Bratianu felt that Romania had made sufficient sacrifices and had allied itself with the right parties to be heard and rewarded. The Paris Conference was also a culmination of Bratianu's life-long quest to Westernise and modernise Romania and to bring together all Romanians in a national state (particularly those in Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia). Romania's entry into the First World War was complicated by its earlier Triple Alliance with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, Although the Central Powers pressured Bratianu to join them, his personal sympathies lay with France and Great Britain whom he wanted a commitment to supporting Romania's war effort and its territorial claims on Austria-Hungary. At Paris, Bratianu determined to obtain all the territories and other benefits promised to him by the Allies, despite Romania's peace with the Central Powers in 1918 (Treaty of Bucharest). This was held against him by the Big Three, Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson and Romania was relegated, to the rank of states with limited interests: Bratianu's relations with. Clemenceau were not friendly Lloyd George was indifferent to Romania's aspirations and Woodrow Wilson's principle of self determination was opposed to Bratianu's primary interest in the nation slate. Bratianu refused to modify his stance on minorities and no Romanian delegate signed the Treaty of St Germain; Bratianu and his Cabinet resigned two days later. With Bratianu's death in 1927 Romania saw a gradual drift to the tight, supported by the authoritarian regime of Carol II, the depression of the early 1930's and the aggressive policies of Nazi Germany. The Vienna Diktat of 1940 ended independent Romanian foreign policy and subordinated the Romanian economy to the German war effort. Two paintings by Sir William Orpen: Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay and the Signing of the Peace treaty in the Hall of Mirros, Versailles, 28th June 1919, hang at the imperial War Museum in London. Who are the men Britain's war artist depicted and what was their story? Some are immediately recognizable: the American President Woodrow Wilson; the French and British Prone Ministers, Georges Clemenceau and David Lloyd George. Some are more difficult to identify: Emir Feisal, accompanied in the Hashemite delegation by TE Lawrence; Prince Saionji, the Japanese eminence grise; and the clashing home of the Maharajah of Bikaner right behind Lloyd George. What brought them to the conference table in Paris? What did they achieve in the negotiations? What were the consequences of the peace which they came to Paris to achieve? Thirty-two nations attended the conferences with thousands of delegates from Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia and Africa, trying to achieve order and a lasting peace for the world that came out of that first global catastrophe. Idealistic plans were drawn up to achieve a lasting peace and the League of Nations came into being. Unfortunately, this attempt at a 'Peace to end all wars̀ sowed the seed for many conflicts to come. --Book Jacket.

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Summary:	At the beginning of 1918 the British War Cabinet endorsed the view of the Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, that after the war "Austria-Hungary should be in a position to exercise a powerful influence in south-east Europe." These reassuring professions were the essence of hypocrisy, since the Allies had already given away, at least on paper, large chunks of Austro-Hungarian territory as bribes to potential allies. In 1916 Romania was promised the whole of Transylvania, the Banat - both components of historic Hungary - and the Bukovina in return for her entry into the war. These promises persuaded the Romanian Prime Minister Ion Bratianu (1864-1927) to intervene in the war on the side of the Allies in 1916. He lead the Romanian delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, where he insisted on those promises to be fulfilled. His often-strained relations with the Big Four and the Supreme Council were further eroded when Romania invaded Hungary. Romania, however, in the end signed and adhered to the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye with Austria, Neuilly-sur-Seine with Bulgaria, the Treaty of Paris (1920), the Treaty of Trianon with Hungary, and the minorities treaty.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781907822186 1907822186 9781905791767